PT · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)

Portugal, 2002

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
39
Portugal, 2002
▼ 7.1% vs 2001 (42)
Analysis

In 2002, Portugal's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 7.1% compared to 2001, reaching 39.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.

Portugal ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 77.3% (from 22 in 1997).

Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2002
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2002
0.1%
EU-27: 45,897
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2003 2017